July 22, 2012

Edible Cookie Dough Truffles?!?!? Yes Please...

I mean it has cookie dough in it, how could these not be good?Let me tell you, they are delicious! I originally saw these posted on a blog I follow called Bakerella if you love really cute cake pops or fun sweet treats, I recommend following her...I'm always amazed at the stuff she can make!

But for this post she was trying these Edible Cookie Dough Truffles out of a new cookbook called The Cookie Dough Lover’s Cookbook (click here for recipe) the cookbook looks awesome!! I have it on my Amazon Wishlist, lots of fun stuff and just like the title says everything has cookie dough in it!YUM!! The book was written by Lindsay of Love and Olive Oil which was an awesome new blog find for me. They have really great recipes right now for the hot summer weather.
Edible Cookie Dough Truffles

Anyways I tried this and I love how they turned out, and they were really easy to make too. They recommend using popsicle sticks, but I had these pink flamingo toothpicks leftover from something else so I decided to use them up. I would like to try then dipped in dark chocolate next.

Let me know if you try this or if you have The Cookie Dough Lover's Cookbook what is your favorite recipe to make?

xoxojolleen

July 20, 2012

DIY Microdermabrasion

Dear Pinterest, You are amazing....I've been looking for DIY beauty tips and found this...DIY Microdermabrasion, it's awesome and super easy 3 parts baking soda and 1 part water into a paste and apply in a circular motions, lightly,  and rinse. 
 
I really can't believe how great this worked, I tried it about three weeks ago and will be doing this every week. My face feels super soft and tight (in a good way). The original pin is from bloggers Kelli and Lisa at their blog Bud & Leo, they also have a face mask and face scrub I want to try. I highly recommend their blog if you love fashion and girly fun stuff.

Let me know if you try this!!
xoxojolleen

July 16, 2012

Nails Hot Pink with Leopard Spots

I'm so loving the come back of nail art...sixth grade me thanks you fashion world!! I forgot how much fun I would have doing different stuff.

Pink- Orly La Vida Loca
Leopard Spots- Essie Mint Candy Apple & L.A. Colors Art Deco Black

Have a wonderful week everyone!! Follow my Pinterest board "Nail Love" for more inspiration.

xoxojolleen

July 14, 2012

Buffalo Chicken Salad

I'm always looking for a good recipes for "too hot to cook" and "leftovers" nights. Chicken salad is one of my favorite things to do. On one night either my honey grills chicken and I have him make some extra or I get a Costco Rotisserie chicken we eat that one night with then I pull all the leftover chicken off  the bone and chop it up and make a chicken salad for another night that week.
Buffalo Chicken Salad

I love this one, I'm a HUGE buffalo wing fan so anytime I can have that flavor I'm all for it. There are a few different ways to serve this:
On lettuce for a salad
In lettuce for lettuce wraps
Use chips or Frito Scoops
Or whatever you like

Buffalo Chicken Salad

Serves  

Ingredients
  • 2 cups chicken cooked and chopped
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup Frank's Red Hot Sauce
  • 1 carrot chopped, you could add celery too if you like I'm not a fan
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste
  • whatever you want for serving the chicken salad

1. Dice up chicken into the size pieces you like, put into a large glass bowl.
2. Add mayonnaise, Frank's Red Hot Sauce, chopped carrot, salt and pepper to taste. (start off small you can always add more) stir.
3. Taste add more of any of the above ingredients to suit your taste buds.
4. Let sit for 10 minutes for the flavors to mix, I put it in the fridge because I like it really cold.
5. Get together whatever you are serving it with/in.


ENJOY!

xoxojolleen
Let me know if you make this, what do you think? How did you serve it?
 

July 13, 2012

LA FRESH® Eco Beauty Acetone-Free Nail Polish Remover Wipes Review

 Received in my June Birchbox

"How it Works - Each travel-friendly pad contains enough remover to get rid of the polish on all ten nails. But it doesn’t stop there: the formula is packed with soothing aloe, glycerin, and Vitamin E, plus horsetail and rosemary extracts to keep our nails strong and healthy. Did we mention that it’s free of sulfates, parabens, and artificial fragrances" - From Birchbox website.

MY THOUGHTS:
Each package claims to work on all 10 nails, I wanted to give them the best test so....I tried them two separate times once with black polish & and once with glitter polish. It worked good on the black, but did have some trouble with the glitter. I loved the smell and they are very convenient. I would say they are perfect for travel or if you don't use glitter. They also make make-up remover wipes I'd like to try.

Cost: $9.99 for 18 wipes
Buy here

If you try these, what did you think?
xoxojolleen